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Strategies to Get Over Asking Price
If you want to make the process of selling a house easier, this guide can help. Here are strategies for getting over the asking price.
Home Sale Closing Costs: What to Expect
Are you curious about the closing cost you may face on a home sale? Click here for everything you need to know about current closing cost trends.
2023 St. Louis Housing Market (It’s Not All Doom and Gloom)!
The 2023 St. Louis housing market is set to surprise property investors in the area. Here’s everything you need to know about the future of the local market.
St. Louis Real Estate: 3 Tips for Making Major Repairs to Your Home
Are you thinking of making major repairs to your home? You can read about making those changes in the current St. Louis real estate market, here.
Using Scents to Boost Your Home Sale
Did you know that how your home smells can impact your home sale? Read this guide to learn what smells to avoid and what smells to emphasize.
How to Use Natural and Artificial Light to Help Stage Your House
Almost half of buyers' agents say that home staging affects how potential home buyers view a property. Staging is important even in a sellers market. You know you'll be able to...
St. Louis Real Estate: Price Reduction 101 After The Listing is Live
A recent report named St. Louis as one of the top housing markets for Millennials. AARP gives St. Louis an above-average livability ranking. If you're a homeowner thinking of...
Moving Timelines and Logistics: When to Sell Your Home
Your home sale can leave you in a logistically tricky position, especially if you don’t have your next home prepared. Here are some tips for managing your move.
How to Manage Your Expectations When Buying or Selling Your Home
Are you panic and worried about buying or selling a house? Check out this guide on how to manage your expectations about home ownership.
Traditional vs Virtual Open Houses: Exploring the Pros and Cons
Generally, it only takes around 18 days for a home owner to get an offer on their house. It can only take a few months for a home sale to complete. This rapid home buying process...
Downsizing Elderly Parents When They Don’t Want to Move
Downsizing Elderly Parents and what you need to know. As a person ages, time takes a toll on them. They may end up living in unsafe conditions, isolated from the world around...
St. Louis Real Estate Buyers: Find the Best Schools in St. Louis County
In December of 2021, the median home price in St. Louis was $349,900 and the St. Louis real estate and St. Charles real estate market remains hot and competitive. There's no...
Moving As a Senior: How To Prepare Without the Hassle
A study shows that moving is one of the most stressful events in a person's life. Many consider it a higher stress situation than divorce. If you plan to move as a senior, there...
The Best Golf Courses in the St. Louis Area New Homeowners Should Play
Whether you're a new homeowner or in the market to buy a home in St.Louis, there are a plethora of things to consider. What needs to get done to your new home? What moving plans...
Top 5 Smartphone Apps for Selling or Buying a Home in St. Louis, MO
The market is going digital and the real estate market is no exception. The Sarah Bernard Realty team believes that our clients should come first. And more and more people are...
Appraisal 101: Why Is Home Appraisal Important?
With 2,600 square-foot homes in the St. Louis area appraising for $599,000 or more, you might be wondering how much that home you are eyeing is worth. Or possibly, you are...
Smart Home Upgrades that Help Protect Your New Home
Written By: Victoria Standridge One of the top things on every homeowner’s mind is safety and protection. What are you doing to protect your home, and how can you improve your...
Selling Your Home? Here’s How Much “Curb Appeal” Matters
If you’re in the process of selling your home, you may be wondering about curb appeal. Find out here how much curb appeal actually matters.
When Is the Right Time to Sell Your St Louis Real Estate? Is There a “Right” Time?
Are you wondering when might be the right time to sell your St Louis real estate and if there really is a “right” time? Learn more.
Why Are There So Many Different Commission Rates?
Why are there so many different commission rates? How do I know who to choose and what I am paying for? Find out the answers to these pressing questions today.
Why You Need a REALTOR® to Sell Your Home
Selling a home can be a long and stressful process for the buyer and a home seller. Without an agent or REALTOR®, you will have to do everything on your own, from putting your...
What Improvements Will Increase the Value Of My Home, if Done Correctly?
The surge in St. Louis real estate is still spiking as home owners see their asking prices overbid by ten of thousands of dollars. For example, news reports have a carriage house...
What Home Improvements Will Not Increase Resale Value?
With the housing market red hot and interest rates at historic lows, you're seriously considering taking the plunge and putting your home on the market. Inventory for houses...
Choosing the Best Paint Colors for Selling Your Home
St. Louis and St. Charles real estate is experiencing a historic seller’s market fueled by pandemic fatigue and record low interest rates. By the end of 2021's first quarter, our...
How to Declutter to Sell Your Home: A Guide for the Average Home Owner
In America's major real estate markets, there are 38% fewer homes on the market than a year ago. The inventory across the country is shockingly tight, and this is driving bidding...
Seller’s Market: Why You Should Sell Your St. Charles or St. Louis House (Now)
Interest rates are at a historic low right now. This allows prospective home buyers the ability to borrow more for a St. Louis house. Because of these low rates, homebuyers'...
Tips for Selling a Condo
No matter where you are or what kind of condo you have, there are always a few quirks about the real estate market when selling a condo that are important to consider. Condos...
Real Estate Market Trends for Home Selling
If you’re looking to sell your home, you’re probably wondering about the real estate market trends for the future! Ultimately, the good news is that it’s still a good time to...
Tips for Selling Your Home
When you’re ready to sell your home, you want to feel confident that you’re doing it right. As a homeowner, there are several tips for selling your home to keep in mind to make...
Selling Tips From Our Team
FAQs from Home Sellers
Selling a home, buying a home, it can all be confusing, and many questions will arise like home worth, when to list, and more. Selling a home isn’t a process that most homeowners...
Adding Curb Appeal to Entice Buyers
Whether you’re currently looking to sell your house, or you are just being conscious of the future of your home, adding curb appeal is an important aspect to consider. Curb...
Best Home Improvements for Resell
It’s always nice to make renovations to improve your home. However, there’s a key distinction between whether you’re working on your home for yourself or a future buyer. If...
Marketing Real Estate: Getting Your Home Ready for Buyers
So, you’ve decided to sell your home, and that’s great! Whether you have a new job elsewhere, prefer a different location, are moving closer to family, or have any other reason...
Choosing a Real Estate Agent That Works for YOU
It’s no secret that buying a house is a huge decision. Selling your house also comes with a slew of things you will have to navigate. Therefore, it’s critical when choosing a...
Home Staging Tips
When you’re ready to sell your home, you want the best possible experience. That means the least stress and the highest sale price. Having an appealing home when buyers are...
5 Steps for Selling Your Home with a Realtor
Steps for Selling Your Home with a Realtor Selling your home or luxury estate is a life-changing decision that should be handled as a business transaction, yet with care and...
How to Get Your Home Ready to Sell
How to Get Your Home Ready to Sell If you’re ready to list your home for sale, there are many things you can do get your house ready to sell and make it a show-stopper for...
Get Top Dollar for Your Home
Get Top Dollar for Your Home As you consider selling your house, undoubtedly you want to get top dollar for your home. As you research, “what is my home worth?” keep in mind the...
Housing Marketing Update | Dec 2018
December 2018 Recap Home prices were consistently up again in most markets in 2018 but at reduced levels compared to recent years. High demand for few homes for sale fueled price...
2018 Company Recap
2018 was a huge year for Sarah Bernard Realty Team – not only for our team, but for the buyers, sellers, and renters we are so fortunate to work with. Thank you for helping us...
Housing Marketing Update | Nov 2018
November is known as one of the slowest real estate months nationwide. For St. Louis, single-family homes were selling faster and for a higher amount compared to the previous...
Top 5 Favorite Properties Sold in 2018
When you love what you do – you never work a day in your life. Because passion is what drives our team at Sarah Bernard Realty Team – it’s easy to fall in love with each project....
Sarah Bernard Housing Market Update
This time of year is quite typical to see a decline in activity for the housing market. Summer is over and we’re all getting ready for the holidays. But did you know, over the...
Home-Selling with the Sarah Bernard Realty Team
Whether you’re selling your first home, an investment property, or somewhere in between, we understand that changing your address is more than just a transaction: it’s a life...
Top 10 Tips for Moving with Pets: The St. Louis Edition
So you’re moving to a new home in the St. Louis area. Congratulations! Whether you’re moving across town or from a city far away, we’re so happy that you chose to settle here....
St. Louis’ Top 5 Public High Schools
Whether you have a full household or plan to start child-rearing in a few years, school district quality is among the top concerns of potential home buyers. And for good reason!...
Welcome to Our Real Estate Blog
Tips, Tricks, Checklists & More Welcome to our real estate blog! As a residential, investment, and vacation-rental seller or buyer, you need a trusted resource and reliable...
How Decking the Halls For the Holidays Can Grinch Up Your Home Sale
by Lisa Gordon as reported on Realtor.com Unless you’re a total Scrooge, it’s hard to argue with the fact that glitter lights and colorful accents make a home look more cheerful...
How Long Does It Take to Sell a House? Can You Guess?
This article by Margaret Heidenry posted to Realtor.com gives some insight into what affects a home sale timeline and what sellers can do to help their homes sell faster. No...
St. Joseph Statues and Other Superstitions
When buying and selling a home, you want all the help you can get. Some sellers even seek divine intervention by burying a statue of St. Joseph. With hundreds of testimonials...
How To Sell Hard-To-Sell Real Estate
Working in real estate, I’ve found that a lot of people who’d like to sell their home dismiss the thought out of hand. They believe that the one thing they don’t like about their...
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